Today is my 3rd Monday going meatless…along with my kiddos. (Click here for the post from day 1 if you missed.) My husband has conveniently had recruits on campus (he’s a college coach) during dinner after the first Monday. After my week 1 recipe, I don’t blame him 
The hardest challenge for me has been finding good recipes for dinner. Breakfast, lunch and snacks have been pretty easy, but I always have the bad habit of searching for recipes with a few ingredients I want to use instead of picking the recipe first. I’m also trying to use Meatless Mondays as a way to try new healthy ingredients, which makes it exciting, yet challenging.
The good news is that after week one, there was only room for improvement
Week 1 - My ingredients: red potatoes & lentils. I found this Lentil Stew with Spinach & Potatoes recipe & this Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup recipe . Unfortunately, I merged the 2 recipes and it did not turn out very well. Luckily I had MorningStar Garden Veggie Patties on back up and they were a hit.
Week 2 - My ingredient: tempeh. I made these Italian Flavored Tempeh Nuggets and mixed it with pasta sauce and a frozen vegetable mix. It was really good and the kids loved it.
Week 3 – My ingredients: tofu & vermicelli. I am still searching for the perfect recipe, but thinking of going with this Thai-Style Vegetable recipe. Any last minute suggestions??
Here are a few websites that have been recommended with good vegetarian and vegan recipes:
Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes
Other articles published today with Meatless Monday recipes:
- Meatless Monday: 10 Vegetarian Recipes For Delicious Spring Peas (blisstree.com)
- meatless monday featuring mushroom pea pasta in a light cream sauce (thetalkingkitchen.com)
- Meatless Monday with Grilled Veggie and Goat Cheese Pitas with Mediterranean Crunch Salad (planetforward.ca)
Any meat-eaters tried Meatless Monday?
Any vegetarians/vegans/others trying to go meatless have any good recipe or websites to recommend??
Thanks!!
Love,
Molly
Molly,
I like this recipe from allrecipes…I use reduced fat sour cream
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/seven-layer-tortilla-pie/detail.aspx
Here is are a few from myrecipes.com
— zucchini chips
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/zucchini-oven-chips-10000001087041/
—pasta dish
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/farfalle-with-creamy-wild-mushroom-sauce-10000001559239/
—polenta lasagna is delicious & you can use veggie sausage
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/polenta-lasagna-10000001108269/
—this korean tofu is one of my husband and my favorites!!
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/korean-inspired-sauted-tofu-10000001918523/
I also have done an eggplant parmigiana…you can bread the eggplant but there are some tricks to getting the bitter taste out or I know Trader Joes sells breaded eggplant in the freezer section
Jean
Thanks Jean! These all are great. The Korean tofu looks really good and would be perfect for tonight, but I’m missing a few key ingredients. If I can get the kids to cooperate and make a store run, I’ll make it. If not, I’ll definitely try it another time. Looks yummy! Thanks again!!
We are having homemade creamy tomato basil soup and fresh French bread! Totally forgot about “Meatless Monday’s” but it must have been in my subconscience! Not super “healthy” other than the tomatoes! But…super yummy! I’ll post the recipe if you want it!
Love,
Heidi
Yum! Yes please share your recipe. Thanks Heidi!!
Molly, I also feel like if I had a better recipe…my first “meatless” performance wouldn’t have been such a dud. I actually rather enjoyed the “mexican black bean lasagna” and Greg ate his share (although not enthusiastically), but the kids weren’t terribly excited to chow down that night. Sigh. Maybe I’ll try your tempeh nuggets next;) Love you!!
I need to get your mexican black bean lasagna recipe. It sounds yummy. Trial and error with the kids, but at least we are trying, right?
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